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Show y Innocent Man in Utah Jail Five Years CONFESSIOn DISCLOSES MISTAKE Remorse Leads Slayer i to. Exonerate Youth; Jailed for Crime He ! Did Not Commit i FOR the last five years a young Albanian of prepossessing ap-1 poaranee, now 24 years of age.! - has been serving time in the I'tah I state penitentiary for a murder i committed by a companion, a Ian an J Inmate of tha prison for the same . period ' I f The facia were disclosed today j Woe a the slat board of mrdona met! . 4 -h) prlaom. . Th attorney, of the innocent vie- tim recited to the member of the pardon board the confession of the ' murderer. The Innocent sufferer is Abdul AH. j Joe Baklanl the confessed murderer, nged It, tm the criminal. CRIMINAL CONFESSES. Tast January, BakUini nought nut AVarden Storm of th prison and con- J fraxed that he. InMeud of All wan the i murderer. The same confession was ! later made to Attorney I'arker of Pro- vo, defender of All at the time of the trial, five year- ago. The crime for which the Albanians were convicted took place near Thistle. This-tle. I'tah. Both men had arrived In America several months previous. They were looking for employment at the towns along t!ie Rio Grwude rail- way. walking from station to utatlon. Near Thin tie they met an Italian track walker. A dinpute nroee and Bsklosl shot the Italian dead. ' When the two were arretted Baklanl accused A'teof the crime. Through a -rlea of compllcutionn which took Blace. prior to the trial the sentiment St Frovo. where the trial took place. wan with Baklanl. An s result the j Innocent man w:m rnnvtrted and gtven the name punishment as the crlmiiml Rnkldsi is declared to have made the confession after suffering no greatly I . from remorse that he became a physi- J csl wreck. Since conffsning he has Im- j proved. ' The pardon board has taken the con- j festion into connideration in connec- I tinn with Ihe application of Abdul All sW rleaav from prison. I |